Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-29
THE GRAND PARADE.
Fine Appearance of the
Boys in Blue.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM EvINCED.
The Rain Fails to Check the
ArdOr of the "Vets. AN
Ovation to Sherman.
Associated Press Dispatches to the Herald.

ST. LOUIS, September 2S.-When
the order to 'fall in" for the grand G.
A. r. parade was received at the va
rious camps and headquarters this
afternoon the men tumbled out OF their
tents and rooms, prepared to battle
with the elements, with rubber coats
and umbrellas and trowsers rolled up.
1t was l O'Clock when the column was
formed and Grand Marshal Grier
ordered the escort of mounted police
forward. Then followed the grand
marshal with his chief of staff,
General A. J. Smith, and as asides
Logan Post Of st. Louis (mountedl.
Springfield, Mass. battalion acted
as special escorts to the COM
mander-in-chief, who followed a
few yards behind, bowling to the
crowds who greeted him with ap-
plause. His staff of one hundred
men, mounted, was preceded by
twenty carriages, moving three abreast,
in which were Governors and other
honored guests. In the lead was one
occupied by Mayor Francis and Gen.
w. 7. Sherman.
Although closely sheltered from the
rain and sight the enormous crowds
upon the sidewalks soon found where
the old commander was, and cheer
upon cheer marked his progress, while
frequent groups of men would rush
from sheltered places to the carriage
door to grasp his hand. Then fol-
lowed the divisions of the Grand
Army, ten in all.
The divisions were composed as
follows: First Division (MissourD,
Colonel Nelson Cole, Assistant Mar
shall; Second Division Illinois),
Colonel J. G. Butler, Assistant Mar
shal; Third Division wisconsin,
Pennsylvania and Ohio, Governor
Thomas G. Fletcher, Assistant Mar
shall; Fourth Division New York,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine,
New Jersey and Virginia), Colonel
d. p. Dyer, Assistant Marshal; Fifth
Division California, New Hampshire,
Vermont, the Potomac and Maryland),
Major Leo Rasseur, Assistant Mar
shall; Sixth Division Qndiana), Major
f. f. Weizel, Assistant Marshal
Seventh Division (Iowa, Nebraska
and Colorado), General John Mcneil
Assistant Marshal; Eighth Division
(Kansas), Colonel John B. Con
dole, Assistant Marshal; Ninth
Division (Michigan, Delaware
West Virginia, Washington Ter
ritory and Kentucky, Colonel
Charles G. Strefel, Assistan Mar.
shall; Tenth Division, (Arkansas
Florida, the Gulf, Dakota, Oregon,
New Mexico, Montana, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, Utah,
Idaho, Arizona and the Brigade OF
Naval Veterans and Sons of Veterans),
Captain Henry Zeigenheim, Assistant
Marshal. Here and there posts, armed
with muskets, or accompanied by a
drum corps, broke the monotony of the
line. AS the column passed under
the beautiful stained glass transpar-
ency of General Grant ,on Fourth street,
all the men uncovered their heads and
passed by in silence. General Sher-
man and the receiving officers stood
in the rain, which came harder as the
procession passed the reviewing stand.
The Sons OF Veterans brought up the
rear, and when they had passed the
stand ranks were broken and the pa
rade was dismissed.
UNBoUNDED ENTHUSIASM.
The head of the procession reached
the Grand Army arch that spans Olive
street at Twelfth at noon, and Com
mander-in-Chief Fairchild, General
Sherman, ex-Vice-President Hannibal
Hamlin, war Governors aud other dis
tinguished guests got out of their car
riages and took positions in the grand
stand. The rain increased in volume,
and for an hour and a half poured
down on the heads of the passing SOL
diers. Missouri's contingent was
twenty-five minutes in passing, Illi-
nois was fifteen minutes, and Kansas
twelve. Other States were represented
by Posts and regiments. Along the
line of march were thousands of boys
in blue who thought it too wet to
march.
In the balcony of the grand stand
G Commander-in-C Chief Fairchild and
General Sherman, partly protected
from the storm, bowed to the boys as
they passed, acknowledging continu-
ally the rousing cheers that went up
from each post as they filed by in COM
pany front. Here and there through
the different divisions marched col
Grad post, and their salute was invari-
ably the signal for applause from the
grand stand, which several times was
taken up by the crowd and prolonged
into hearty cheers. The dripping
flags received much boisterous notice,
and as any squad carrying tattered
remnants Of battle flags passed by the
enthusiasm became unbounded.
Throughout the column an occasional
warrior carried a cane or pole on
which was dangling a chicken, leg of
mutton, q side of bacon, cabbage, or
some other representative of a foraging
expedition or commissary stores
As the right of line reached its des-
tination the troops broke ranks and
fastened back to the reviewing stand
to get a glimpse of the commander.
They came with a rush that threat
ened the destruction of the rest of the
column, but the mounted staff of the
Illinois division soon forced its way
through the crowd and cleared a pas
sage.
At half-past 1 O'Clock the Sons of
Veterans brought up the rear, and
the crowd made a rush for the grand
stand to see and shake hands with
"Uncle Billy" The General refused
to respond to numerous calls for a